Farm Animal Care
Farmers all over the Island raise animals because they like working with them. There are many codes of practices, guidelines, requirements, regulations, and programs that farmers have to follow to raise and handle their livestock responsibly and respectively.
Farmers take pride in the animals they raise, and the care they deliver to every animal results in having happy and healthy animals. Below we have resources for General Farm animal practices, Cattle, Hog, Poultry, Sheep, and Goat. Specific associations can also be found under each animal heading.
General Farm Animal Resources:
- PEI Animal Health Act
- Animal Welfare Regulations
- Guidelines for the Disposal of Deceased Livestock
- Livestock Transport Requirements – Canada (482.6 KB)
- Animal Biosecurity – Canada
- Codes of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals
Cattle Resources:
- Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Dairy Cattle
- Dairy Farmers of PEI
- Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle
- PEI Cattle Producers
- PEI Certified Beef
- Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Veal Cattle
- Verified Beef Production Program
- proAction – Dairy Cattle Animal Care
Hog Resources:
Poultry Resources:
- Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Hatching Eggs, Breeders, Chickens and Turkeys
- Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pullets and Laying Hens
- Egg Farmers of PEI
- Turkey Farmers of Canada
- Chicken Farmers of Canada
- Raised by a Canadian Farmer – Chicken Animal Care Program